Motorsports governing body FIA has decided to ban, with immediate effect, "all radio transmissions at grands prix deemed to help the driver with his on-track performance." Messages from drivers "asking for advice on driving style, or from the teams informing their drivers on how and where to make gains during a qualifying session or race, have become increasingly commonplace." FIA is now "strictly to enforce one of the sporting regulations" that states, "The driver must drive the car alone and unaided" (PA, 9/11). ... Australia is "yet to decide whether it will heed the World Anti-Doping
Agency's call to contribute to a new global research fund to improve
the detection of prohibited substances in athletes." Australian Olympic Committee boss and IOC VP John Coates has "urged the government to pitch
in, provided the donation does not come out" of the A$15M ($13.6M) "already
committed to sports anti-doping" in '14-15 (BRISBANE TIMES, 9/11). ... FIBA Secretary General Patrick Baumann will determine whether Australia is in breach of FIBA's "code of conduct" following its loss to Angola at the FIBA World Cup. He will make the "ultimate determination after reviewing Basketball Australia's detailed response to its accusation the Boomers 'tanked' their last Group D match" (THE ADVERTISER, 9/10).
